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The reckless depredations of corporate power and neo-Malthusian enthusiasts within the elite threaten our environment and our very survival. EM radiation,disappearing bees and pollinators, heavy metal toxicity, GM crops and soil depletion are amongst the most immediate dangers we face.

The Expert

Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2010

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Cailean Bochanan

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Why Earth may be entering a new Ice Age

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2010

All data points to the sun as the primary source of short-term and long termclimate change on Earth. While volcanic eruptions such as the current one in Iceland can affect short-term weather conditions over a region, planetary climate is governed by solar activity-or lack of it.

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Is Wi-Fi frying our brains? Fears that cloud of ‘electrosmog’ could be harming humans

Posted by seumasach on December 1, 2010

Alsitair Philips

Daily Mail

30th November, 2010

As winter arrives with a vengeance, the last of this year’s glorious autumn leaves are falling in our parks and woodlands.

But this week came worrying evidence that Mother Nature is not the only force denuding our trees of their foliage.

Research in the Netherlands suggested that outbreaks of bleeding bark and dying leaves which have blighted the country’s urban trees may be caused by radiation from the Wi-Fi networks now so integral to life in offices, schools and homes.

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Climate Change is a eugenics lie

Posted by seumasach on November 28, 2010

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Dr. Magda Havas v. Dr. Marc MacKenzie

Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2010

Magda Havas takes on Dr.Marc MacKenzie, a scientific sceptic/know all, Canada’s answer to Ben Goldacre: who do you think comes out best?

The Concern with Wi-Fi in Alberta Schools

17th November, 2010

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Nausea, headaches, heart palpitations and insomnia; just a few of the effects some Canadian parents claim wireless internet is having on their kids.

Health Canada says there is no convincing scientific evidence to prove Wi-Fi is dangerous. But some experts say there is enough anecdotal evidence to prove radio frequencies do harm little bodies, and now, parents at one Alberta school are protesting impending Wi-Fi installation.

Has enough research been done on Wi-Fi?  Are health Canada standards up-to-date? And are your children at risk?

Joining us for this discussion is Dr. Marc MacKenzie, Medical Physicist with the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and spokesperson for the Centre for Inquiry Canada, and Dr. Magda Havas, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

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How cell phones are killing birds

Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2010

Maneka Gandhi

Kashmir Observer

24th November, 2010

As soon as autumn comes in the west and the leaves start falling, humans start preparing for winter. What do other animals, such as birds, insects and fish, do to prepare for the cold?

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Wi-Fi makes trees sick, study says

Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2010

PCWorld

19th November, 2010

Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth, as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in the Netherlands.

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Andrew Goldsworthy on smart meters

Posted by seumasach on November 14, 2010

Weep News

14th November, 2010

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy from the UK, has approved mass posting of his recent letters on smart meters addressed to his local MP.

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McDonald’s and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy

Posted by smeddum on November 13, 2010

Exclusive: Department of Health putting fast food companies at heart of policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease

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    Triangle Mountain cell phone tower protest

    Posted by seumasach on November 11, 2010

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    Important review on biological effects of antennas by Levitt and Lai 2010

    Posted by seumasach on November 7, 2010

    Magda Havas

    5th November, 2010.

     

    Important review of the biological effects for those living near antennas was just published in Environmental Reviews, a Journal of the Canadian National Research Council.

    Levitt, BB and H. Lai.  2010. Biological effects from exposure to electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell tower base stations and other antenna arrays.  Environmental Reviews 18:369-395.

    This paper written by Blake Levitt, an award winning medical science writer, and Dr. Henry Lai at the University of Washington, one of the first scientist along with his colleague Dr. Singh to document DNA damage attributed to cell phone radiation, follows on the heals of a Private Member’s Bill introduced to the Ontario Legislative Assemble by NDP Health Critic, France Gelinas, asking thatwarning labels be posted on cell phones.

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